Drinking glass advertising Hazel Scott performances at Le Zebre a Carreaux: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A glass advertising Hazel Scott performances at Le Zèbre a Carreaux. The cylindrical highball class is clear. It has a slightly wider rim that tapers inwards towards the base. Painted on one side is a black rectangular field with hand painted white and light blue text that reads [LE / ZÈBRE A CARREAUX / HAZEL / SCOTT / FELIX / MARTEN / SANDRA / PHILIPPE / PARMENTIER / AVRIL 1963]. Framing the club’s name at the top of the rectangle are two, hand painted purple lines that resemble draped curtains painted on either side of the word [LE]. The rest of the glass is plain clear glass.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 1963
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Hazel Scott, American, 1920 - 1981
• Subject of: Félix Marten, French, 1919 - 1992
• Subject of: Sandra Philippe Parmentier
• Subject of: Le Zèbre a Carreaux, French
• Type: tumblers (drinking glasses)
• Medium: paint on glass
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 1/4 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (13.3 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm)
• Place used: Paris, France, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Nightlife
• Object number: 2023.101.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Adam Clayton Powell III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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